‘The other main family spread itself in the South of England, and claim descent from the first Mayor of London, commonly called Henry Fitz Alwynne, but by John Ross, Henry Duke, or Dewke; they settled first at Sherborne in Dorset: an early marriage with Cicely, daughter of Roger le Poer of Poerhayes, Devon, brought that barton into the family; the lineal descendant of this marriage, wedded Julian, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Cossington, be whom the estate of Cossington in Kent came into their possession, whose eldest son George Duke sold the Barton of Poerhayes to his kinsman Richard Duke, whose father had held civic office at Exeter; the lineal descendants of George Duke continued at Cossington and Maidstone till the close of the 18th century.
Now, to revert to Richard Duke, the purchaser of Poerhayes, he was the chief clerk of the Court of Augmentation, and from the influence he thence derived he purchased from the Crown large estates belonging to the dissolved abbeys, among them Otterton adjoining Poerhayes, and on 6th October King Edward VI, he granted a lease of Poerhayes estates to Walter Ralegh, esq., and John Ralegh his son for their lives; here Sir Walter Ralegh was born as his letter to Richard Duke now preserved in the Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, testifies; this branch failed in the male line and the estate was sold; Mr Yonge of Puslinch , and Lord Coleridge are the representatives at the present time. Paul Harding, a member of the Devon Family History Society, has kindly provided further information of this branch of the Duke family.

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Descendants of Richard Duke
 

Generation No. 1
 
1.  RICHARD2 DUKE  (DUKE1) was born 1556 in Otterton Devon.  He married MARTHA PARKER.
 
Children of RICHARD DUKE and MARTHA PARKER are:
2. i. RICHARD3 DUKE, b. 1577, Otterton Devon; d. 1641, Otterton Devon.
 ii. ANNE DUKE, b. 1585; d. April 22, 1654, Branscombe Devon; m. ELLIAS BARTLETT, January 20, 1607/08, Otterton Devon.
 iii. ELIZABETH DUKE, m. HUMPHRY WALROND, January 21, 1610/11, Otterton Devon.
 

Generation No. 2
 
2.  RICHARD3 DUKE (RICHARD2, DUKE1) was born 1577 in Otterton Devon, and died 1641 in Otterton Devon.  He married MARGARET BASSETT 1598, daughter of ARTHUR SIR BASSETT.
 
Child of RICHARD DUKE and MARGARET BASSETT is:
3. i. ROBERT4 DUKE, b. 1600, Otterton Devon; d. 1665.
 

Generation No. 3
 
3.  ROBERT4 DUKE (RICHARD3, RICHARD2, DUKE1) was born 1600 in Otterton Devon, and died 1665.  He married SARAH REYNELL 1624.
 
Children of ROBERT DUKE and SARAH REYNELL are:
 i. RICHARD5 DUKE, b. August 11, 1627, Suffolk England.
4. ii. THOMAS DUKE, b. 1629, Otterton Devon; d. 1710.
 

Generation No. 4
 
4.  THOMAS5 DUKE (ROBERT4, RICHARD3, RICHARD2, DUKE1) was born 1629 in Otterton Devon, and died 1710.  He married ANNA WALROND 1677, daughter of EDMOND WALROND and AMY POLE.
 
More About THOMAS DUKE:
Baptism: August 04, 1629, Otterton Devon
 
Children of THOMAS DUKE and ANNA WALROND are:
5. i. GEORGE6 DUKE, b. 1679, Colaton Raleigh Devon.
 ii. ROBERT DUKE.
 iii. ANNE DUKE.
 iv. SARA DUKE.
 v. RICHARD DUKE.
 vi. THOMAS DUKE.
 vii. EDMUND DUKE.
 

Generation No. 5
 
5.  GEORGE6 DUKE (THOMAS5, ROBERT4, RICHARD3, RICHARD2, DUKE1) was born 1679 in Colaton Raleigh Devon.  He married DOROTHY AYRE August 05, 1707 in Venn Ottery Devon.
 
Children of GEORGE DUKE and DOROTHY AYRE are:
 i. ROBERT7 DUKE, b. 1709, Suffolk.
 
More About ROBERT DUKE:
Baptism: August 29, 1709, Suffolk
 
 ii. DOROTHY DUKE, b. 1711, Colaton Raleigh Devon.
 
More About DOROTHY DUKE:
Baptism: November 01, 1711, Colaton Raleigh Devon
 
 iii. GEORGE DUKE, b. 1717, Colaton Raleigh Devon.
 iv. ELIZABETH DUKE, b. July 13, 1720, Suffolk England.
 v. ANNE DUKE, b. 1722, Suffolk.
 
More About ANNE DUKE:
Baptism: July 04, 1722, Suffolk
 
6. vi. FRANCES DUKE, b. 1723, Suffolk.
 vii. RICHARD DUKE, b. 1726, Suffolk.
 viii. SARA DUKE, b. 1727, Suffolk.
 

Generation No. 6
 
6.  FRANCES7 DUKE (GEORGE6, THOMAS5, ROBERT4, RICHARD3, RICHARD2, DUKE1) was born 1723 in Suffolk.  She married BERNARD FREDERICK TAYLOR October 02, 1753 in London Middlesex.
 
More About FRANCES DUKE:
Baptism: January 27, 1722/23, Suffolk
 
Child of FRANCES DUKE and BERNARD TAYLOR is:
7. i. FRANCES8 TAYLOR.
 

Generation No. 7
 
7.  FRANCES8 TAYLOR (FRANCES7 DUKE, GEORGE6, THOMAS5, ROBERT4, RICHARD3, RICHARD2, DUKE1).  She married JAMES COLONEL COLERIDGE 1788 in St. Mary Arches Exeter Devon.
Child of FRANCES TAYLOR and JAMES COLERIDGE is:
 i. SIR JOHN TAYLOR9 COLERIDGE.
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The Heralds St George and Lennard in 1623, at the Wilts Visitation, declared the family at Lake to be a younger branch of the Otterton family, and we have always believed ourselves to be so, but we do not know where the connection is.’595